He'd be crazy to go there. They have a nice little setup at Brighton, with a decent stadium and a growing fanbase. He probably has more chance of managing a Premier League team next season if he stays where he is.

I can't really see why he would chuck that in to manage the Wigan of the south.

I like Poyet a lot and thought he got a bit of a rough ride at Spurs being attached to Ramos's wagon. Would quite happily see him back again at some point in the future if he continues to prove he's a good manager.

@jamievilla it's not ridiculous. The gulf in income is so vast that not supporting relegated teams would mean a: relegated clubs would be very likely to go bust, and b: the number of teams who could successfully stay up after promotion would finish as they could not risk new signings. Creating a 17 team PL with 3 rotating teams at the bottom.

Historically the parachute payments haven't proven to be that much of an advantage outside of the balance sheet. Every now and then you get a team like West Ham who are willing to risk their financial future trying to bounce straight back but that is quite rare.

RobTheBuilder wrote:
@TheSaint it's not an advantage for the Chanpionship, but a way of allowing promoted teams to invest without the fear of a total income meltdown if they fail.

I have always felt that it was intended for the established Premier league clubs to adjust to the reduced income in The Championship than an incentive for newly promoted teams to invest in their squads.